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Woman sexually assaulted at Acton MBTA station

By Robert Mills, rmills@lowellsun.com

Updated:
06/20/2013 06:45:57 AM EDT

ACTON -- Police are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled after a 22-year-old woman was threatened with a knife and sexually assaulted in the parking lot of the South Acton MBTA station Sunday night.

Police said they were called to the station, off Central Street, at 8:56 p.m. Sunday and learned the woman was approached by an unknown man who threatened her with a knife and then sexually assaulted her.

Police said the victim was not physically injured.

The suspect is described as a short, white male, who wore a dark-colored hoodie and jeans that were "worn low."

Acton police are working with Transit Police to investigate the assault, and both agencies are asking anyone with information to contact police.

The MBTA station is the busiest on the route that runs from Fitchburg to North Station in Boston, according to the MBTA's website.

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